Tag Archives: BBC

Political Football

October 31, 2018Current Affairs, Football, PoliticsAberdeen FC, BBC, Brazil, Gary Lineker, Sócratesricky

In recent days, I’ve been cutting down on my consumption of BBC Radio. I think that it’s incumbent upon the responsible citizen to keep themselves informed so they can participate in democracy, but I’m increasingly unsure that listening to Today or Good Morning Scotland or The World At One or PM is a good way to do that. Particularly now Eddie Mair has moved on.

BBC asking if fascist Bolsonaro – whose rise, many have commented, was facilitated by frequent & normalising media appearances – is 'a refreshing break from political correctness'. (Tweet now deleted). pic.twitter.com/bxHWH6wU9e

— Edward Anderson (@edanderson101) October 29, 2018

Stick with me – there’s fitba and a bangin choon at the end of this one
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Bad Behaviour

August 7, 2018Economics, Mindfulness, PodcastsBBC, Guardians of the Galaxy, Partner, Primal Scream, Radio 4, The Bottom Linericky

For a couple of weeks now, after considering why people are working longer and later hours notwithstanding the deleterious effect on their health, I’ve been wanting to consider the wider question of Why do companies do bad things?

But, I *want* to be a cowboy, Uncle Joe! — “Relax kids, it’s all cool. Here, have one of these.”

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Irregular Programming

July 19, 2018Aneurysms, Dr. Who, Edinburgh, Healthcare, News, Pop Music, Science, Stroke, TelevisionBBC, BHF, British Heart Foundation, Doctor Who, heart disease, Lucy Dacus, STVricky

After chatting about shiftwork last week, I planned to spend this week talking about why we’re working longer and later hours. But then some stuff cropped up, and there’s going to have to be a change to our scheduled programming.

First, here’s LongSufferingReaderOfTheBlogPaul’s favourite track of 2018 [sic], regardless.